Railway-crossing.



H. L. HOLLINGER.

RAILWAY CROSSING. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1915.

Patented May 2, 1916.

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H. L. HOLLINGER. RAILWAY CROSSING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. m5.

Patented May 2,1916.

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HARRY L. HOLLINGER, 0F CANTON, OHIO.

RAILWAY-CROSSING.

Application filed June 14, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it knownthat I, HARRY L. HOLLINGER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Starkand State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Railway-Crossing, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement in railway crossings, moreespecially designed -ing drawings, although the invention may beembodied in other forms, the construction illustrated being chosen byWay of example.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view showing asingle track and a double electric track, one of the electric tracksopen. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of one of the railway rails and apartial side elevation and longitudinal section of the cross rail,showing the position for an open track with reference to the rail shownin transverse section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a watchmansbooth and illus trating parts broken away, also showing a trackoperating rod and actuating lever, the booth being shown open.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents the base plates which areplaced upon suitable foundations such as common to railwayconstructions, said base plates being properly held in spacedrelationship by means of the center or tie-bar 2.

In Fig. 1 I have illustrated two parallel tracks which may be in thisinstance considered electric railway tracks and a steam railway track.The electric railway rails are designated by the numeral 3 and the steamrailways by the numeral 4. It is well understood that in railwaycrossings it is desirable to so, construct the crossing that acontinuous tread is maintained, or in other Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 2, 1916.

Serial No. 33,919.

words that there is no break of the rails at the various junctions orcrossing points. In order to accomplish this purpose it is of importanceto locate the tread faces of the rails in different horizontal planes orin other words to bring one of the tracks above the other and as shownin Fig. 1 two parallel tracks are illustrated and when two paralleltracks are necessary or used, then in that event both of the paralleltracks should be located in different horizontal planes with referenceto the cross-track or tracks. At the crossings of electric railways andsteam railways it is desirable that the steam rail way rails be unbrokenat all times or of the usual construction, owing to the fact that thesteam railway is made up of heavy rails and not as easily manipulated asthe electric and I therefore, deem it advisable to apply the movableparts to the electric railway rather than the steam railway. To the baseplates 1 are slidably connected the short rails 5 and 6 which are heldin proper position by means of the clips or guides 7, which are securelyconnected in any convenient and well known manner to the bases 1. Theshort rails 5 and 6 are each provided with the extended tread flange orheads 8, said flanges being extended beyond the ends of the webs 9, andfor the purpose of allowing the ends of the short railway rails to comein close relationship with the webs of the steam railway rails 4;, therecesses 10 are formed, which recesses are for the purpose of allowingthe top or tread portion 11 of the railway rails to be seated in therecess 10. To the center of tie-bars 2 are pivotally attached the rockbars 12 by means of the bolts 13, or their equivalents. To the oppositeends of the rock bars 12 are pivotally connected the links 14:, theopposite ends of said links being connected to the coupling heads 15; towhich coupling heads are pivotally attached the rail actuating links 16and 17, said rail actuating links 16 and 17 being attached to thesliding rails 5 and 6 respectively. It will be understood that owing tothe fact that the steam railway rails and the electric railway rails arelocated in different horizontal planes it becomes necessary to providemeans for elevating the short or sliding rails 5 and 6 when they arebrought into position to bridge the steam railway rails, or in otherwords brought into position to permit cars to pass over the steam road.It, therefore,

follows, that two movements of the sliding rails 5 'and 6 are necessary;to-wit: vertical, and endwise movement, and in order to provide for thevertical movement of the rails the inclined treads l8 and 19 areprovided, the treads 18 being located adjacent the steam railway rails4; as best illustrated in Fig. 2 and the inclined treads 19 located inthe bases 1.

The sliding rails 5 and 6 are provided with the beveled portions 20,which ride upon the inclines 19 during the endwise movements of thesliding rails 5 and 6. It will be understood that when the sliding rails5 and 6 are moved toward the steam railway rails or into position foruse, said rails will be elevated, thereby bringing them into theposition illustrated in dotted lines Fig. 2 and when in thatposition acontinuous tread for the upper or cross-over tracks is provided.

For the purpose of providing means for im parting a rocking movement tothe rock bars 12 the rods 21 are provided, and one end of each of therods 21 is pivotally connected to a rock bar 12 and the rod extendedbeyond the outer edges of the base plates 1, at which points they arepivotally connected to the bell cranks 22. To the bell cranks 22 arepivotally connected the watchmans actuating rods 23, which rods areextended into the watchmans booth 2d and connected to the bottom orlower ends of the actuating lever 25. In the drawings I have illustratedbut a single booth and a single actuating lever 2-5, but it will beunderstood that it is preferable to duplicate these parts and locate abooth upon each side of the steam railway track.

In the lower portion of Fig. 1 the steam railway track is shown clearfor the passage of trains. While in the upper portion of the figure thecross-over or in this instance the electric railway track is shown clearfor the passage of cars.

The operation of the invention is as fol lows: Vhen it is desired. topresent a clear track for the cross-over tracks, the various parts areplaced in the position-shown in the top portion of Fig. 1. The movableparts are manipulated by means of the proper actuating rod 93 and theintermediate parts connected to said rod, but when it is desired topresent a clear passage for trains upon the track located at rightangles to the cross-over track or tracks, the various movable parts arebrought into the position illustrated in the low-er portion of Fig. 1,by the proper actuating rod It will be understood that when the rock bar12 is moved in one direction, the sliding rails will be moved toward therails of the track desired. to be crossed over, and when moved in theopposite direction, said rails will be moved away from the track railsdesigned to be track desired to be crossed over. the usual derailingmechanism is employed, which consists ofthe usual movable rail 26whichis actuated by the link 27, the bell crank 28 and the rod 29, which rodis connected to the ell crank 22. Upon opposite sides of the steamrailway tracks are located booths (one of which is illustrated at 2%),which booths are each provided'with the sliding door 30 which slidingdoor is formed of such a size that when it is placed in the positionillustrated in Fig. 3 the booth can be entered through the opening 31 bya street car conductor or other employee and when the door 30 is in theposition'shown in Fig. 3 the cross-over tracks are in the positionillustrated at the bottom portion of Fig. 1. The party entering thebooth rocks the lever 25 upon its pivotal point 32 which lever isprovided with the door actuating arm 33 which arm moves the doorlaterally and closes the opening through which the employee, motorman,conductor, or other person enters the booth and before such person canleave the booth the door must be brought into its original position byactuating the lever 25 by which arrangement the parties setting therails in position for a car or train to. pass over the track located atright angles is obliged to manipulate the lever 25', in order to get outof the booth and in so manipulating the lever the proper track iscleared or in other words the cross-over track, which in this instanceis an electric railway track, is out of the way and presents noobstruction, thereby preventing any accidents by carelessness. 1

The object and purpose of the arrangement of the booth door togetherwith the actuating lever 25 is to prevent the party entering the boothfrom leaving the booth until the crossing has been properly set, therebypreventing any accidents by reason of any thoughtless or forgetfulperson having charge of the movement of cars designed to be passed overand upon the cross-over track. It will be noted that the booths shouldbe so arranged and the actuating mechanism solocated that the personentering the booth must first cross over the track designed to becrossed, thereby compelling the person having charge to reach theopposite side of the track from which the car is approaching.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a railway crossing, a fixed bed plate, rails slidably mounted uponsaid bed plate, unbroken railway rails located upon said base, crossrailway rails located ina differ ent horizontal plane from the unbrokenrailway rails and means for imparting endwise and vertical movement tothe sliding rails.

2. In a railway crossing, a fixed bed plate, rails slidably mounted uponsaid bed plate, unbroken railway rails located upon said base, crossrailway rails located in a different horizontal plane from the unbrokenrailway rails and means for imparting endwise and vertical movement tothe sliding rails, said sliding rails being provided with treadextensions to overlie the treads of the unbroken railway rails.

3. In a railway crossing the combination of a fixed bed, railway railsslidably mounted upon said bed, unbroken railway rails located at anangle to said slidable rails, said slidable rails being provided withinclined surfaces and inclines located adjacent the unbroken rails andmeans for imparting endwise movement to the sliding rails.

l. In a railway crossing the combination of a fixed bed plate, slidablerails, unbroken rails located at an angle to said slidable rails, a rockbar mounted upon the bed, a

rod connected to said rock bar, a bell crank connected to the oppositeend of said rod, a booth provided with a sliding door, an actuatinglever located within the booth and pro vided with a door actuating arm,said actuating rod being pivotally connected to the booth actuatinglever, and means for im- Ptlitlllg endwise movement to the sliding ra1s.

5. In a railway crossing the combination of a fixed bed plate, slidablerails, unbroken rails located at an angle to said slidable rails, a rockbar mounted upon the bed, a rod connected to said rock bar, a bell crankconnected to the opposite end of said rod, a booth provided with asliding door, an actuating lever located within the booth and providedwith a door actuating arm, said actuating rod pivotally connected to thebooth actuating lever, and means for imparting endwise and verticalmovement to the sliding rails.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

HARRY L. HOLLINGER.

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